Australia & New Zealand

At last a history that explains how indigenous dispossession and survival underlay and shaped the birth of Australian democracy. The legacy of seizing a continent and alternately destroying and governing its original people shaped how white Australians...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925644388Author Robert PullanFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Australian Academic PressPublisher Australian Academic PressWeight(grams) 490g

In struggles over access to land, Aboriginal women's concerns have often remained unacknowledged. Their words - and silences - have been frequently misheard, misunderstood, misrepresented, misused.The controversy about 'secret women's business' in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925523683Author Peg FraserFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Monash University PublishingPublisher Monash University PublishingWeight(grams) 500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780947506292Author Ron CrosbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781720287872Author James WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams)...

On the afternoon of 8 April 1802, in the remote southern ocean, two explorers had a remarkable chance encounter. Englishman Matthew Flinders and Frenchman Nicolas Baudin had been sent by their governments on the same quest: to explore the uncharted coast...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780702238918Author Matthew CondonFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint University of Queensland PressPublisher University of Queensland PressWeight(grams)...

This new edition of Burton Stein's classic A History of India builds on the success of the original to provide an updated narrative of the development of Indian society, culture, and politics from 7000 BC to the present. New edition of Burton Stein's...

- When was Aotearoa discovered? - How was Maori society organised in pre-European times? - What is traditional Maori art? - How does the Treaty of Waitangi affect us today? History and culture, from the great Polynesian migration to present-day sport and...

This book focuses on the men of the convict transport Eleanor who arrived in NSW in 1831. They were all from the counties of Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire and were transported for their part in the Swing riots - the great agricultural...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987632227Author Lorraine T KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Lozs Loot & LuxuriesPublisher Lozs Loot & LuxuriesWeight(grams) 327g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781927166093Author Richard DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Wayz PressPublisher Wayz PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 11mm

Australians' understanding of Aboriginal society prior to the British invasion from 1788 has been transformed since the publication of Bruce Pascoe's Dark Emu in 2014. It argued that classical Aboriginal society was more sophisticated than Australians...

The second edition of this comprehensive study of recent Japanese history now includes the author's expert assessment of the effects of the earthquake and tsunami, including the political and environmental consequences of the Fukushima reactor meltdown. ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987629203Author Annegret HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Esh PublicationPublisher Esh PublicationWeight(grams) 156g

A History of South Australia investigates South Australia's history from before the arrival of the first European maritime explorers to the present day, and examines its distinctive origins as a 'free' settlement. In this compelling and nuanced history,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994355850Author Ian GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Echo BooksPublisher Echo BooksWeight(grams) 458g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsRunner-up for Montana Book Awards 2005.Book InformationISBN 9780947506001Author Christopher PugsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780730337393Author Peter PedersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781863958561Author Tom GriffithsFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Black Inc.Publisher Black Inc.Weight(grams) 506gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 29mm

This richly illustrated history tells the fascinating story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand society. Across fifteen chapters written by leading historians and writers, every aspect of New Zealand's...

Gough Whitlam, Australia's twenty-first prime minister, swept to power in December 1972, ending twenty-three years of conservative rule. In barely three years Whitlam's dramatic reform agenda would transform Australia. It was an ascendancy bitterly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646553139Author David O'ReillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint Strange Nation PublishingPublisher Strange Nation PublishingWeight(grams) 542g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781976762628Author Josh EasbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473352318Author Margaret NyhonFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Willow PressPublisher Willow PressWeight(grams) 209g

In Fear of Abandonment, expert and insider Allan Gyngell tells the story of how Australia has shaped the world and been shaped by it since it established an independent foreign policy during the dangerous days of 1942. Gyngell argues that the fear of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990042164Author Len GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia MediaWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 185mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849025188Author John WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 312gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Asia, the Pacific Islands and the coasts of the Americas have long been studied separately. This essential single-volume history of the Pacific traces the global interactions and remarkable peoples that have connected these regions with each other and...

A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan's history. Composed of 30 chapters written by an international group of scholars Combines traditional perspectives with the...

This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself. The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143795780Author Garry LinnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648946809Author Jennifer TwemlowFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Jennifer TwemlowPublisher Jennifer TwemlowWeight(grams) 127g

This book provides an arresting interpretation of the history of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific from the earliest settlements to the present. Usually viewed in isolation, these societies are covered here in a single account, in which the authors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473250164Author Belinda LansleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Rock Your Boat PublishingPublisher Rock Your Boat Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761041945Author Geoffrey BlaineyFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781729564394Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955917714Author Jan RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint IMPACT Investigative Media ProductionsPublisher IMPWeight(grams) 353g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781723304064Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...